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<p>The Government has already introduced legislative changes to The Children Act 1989
(s17) to ensure that local authorities carry out an assessment, on request or on the
appearance of need, of young carers’ need for support.</p><p>The Department for Education
welcomed the Children’s Commissioner report and has just concluded the analysis of
this, as well as recently published DfE-commissioned research. Officials are now considering
the evidence and exploring various policy avenues which will help local authorities,
schools and professionals to improve the identification and support of young carers
and their families. This will lead to a contribution from Department for Education
setting out our vision and future plans which will be part of the cross-government
Carers’ Strategy led by the Department of Health and due to be published by Summer
2017.</p>
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